New-York tribune., 1887-12-27
BREAKING JAIL BY NIGHT.
ESCAPE OF A DETAINED WITNESS
ANOTHER PROOF OF GROSS CARELEssNrss AT THE
KAYMOND STREET. LAII IN n.oax1xN


""oihIh PROOF OF GROSS CARELEssNKss AT THE
RAYMOND STREET JAIL IN brooklyn.
:, Another escape from Raymond Street Jail in
D'oohSh mas been added to the long list TO tho
''''r'u'V OF Sheriff Farley, who unlike his prede-
''S'oS' MAKES his home in the Jail itself and thus
.'n W held directly responsible for the care OF
us ci"rses ana cannot lay the blame ON the
shoulders of his suborinates The man who o.-
capped this time is Paul Krause. who was de,ainod
as witness in the case against john GrcenwaId
the murderer of Lyman S. Weeks, pcudino tho
hnal settlement of his conviction by the Court of
Appeals. kausc gave damaging evidence aoairst
Grocnwad, who had been associated with him in
burgareS and was really the cause Of his arrest.
The rooms occupied by detained witnesses as
there is no House Of Detention in Broollvn are
on the top floor Of the front part Of the ial build
ing ana ad!oin the rooms Of Warden Burroughs.
BESIDES hEuSc Baker another witness against
Ercenwald and his accomplice Butch" Miller
VINO Is awaiting trial for his share in the Weeks
/ murder, and two other men named Quinn and
Oarroll, held to testify in other cases. were in
that part Of the civil prison on Sunday night
The four men were in Bakers room at 10 o'clocl,
on Sunday night playing cards, and Baker WAS
telling fortunes 1t could not be learned that he
predicted that krause was about to break jail
About 1880 the men went TO their own rooms
and that was the last seen Of Kmuse He made
good his escape at some time IN the night and 10
doubt enjoyed Christmas yesterday in one of his
former haunts. The escape was discovered ycStcr-
day morning by the prisoner who took the meals
to the rooms Of the detained witnesses.
How THE CLEVER TRICK WAS DONE.
kmu'c occupied room the right-hand side
of the corridor at the rear looking out upon the
10 r .I..D D. L
alley inside the Jail grounds separates from the
prison. wall suImountcd by high picket
fence divides the two properties Krausc's room
WAS on the third door and had a window about
thirty-fve feet from the ground guarded by seven
iron bars. The centre one is longer than the
others, running up to the arched top Of the WIN
dow where it was fastened by a small bolt passing
through ii and the side bars which come together
at that point The bolt had a nut on the end
which krlusc must have turned with his fingers
and unfastoned This let the bar loose. With
the leverage afforded by the length of the central
bar it was easy for a strong man to bend it down
50 as to make room for him to pass through tho
upper part of the window. The space was about
eleven inches wide. Krausc then fastened 4 rope,
made of three long rocrtowes which he linottcd
together. TO thc other bars Of the window and
carefully lowered himself to the ledge of the win
dow on the second floor below him, where there
was broad coping.
Before 50 doing he had thrown q blanket down
on the cOhblcStoneS of the yard pavement. and
when hc reached the end of the rope. jumped from
the coming about six feet to the blanket. He
then in the front yard Of the Jail where the prison
vans are kept and separated from the cell yard
by wall. The vanguard has low wall AT the
SIR ct corner where the hospital grounds slope 10
the street. and by using the pole of one 81 the
vans KrauSc climbed to the top Of the wall and
sealing the picket fcncc was free. lie then had
only to step over the iron gate AT the steps in
Of Z fhc boSnital v-li i locked
a private entrance on DcKab-ave is kept open,
and walk away
THE MURD~p or LYMAN :. WEEKS.
The murder Of Lyman 6. Weeks startled all
BROOKLYN on March ;, and shows how dangerous
il is for an unarmcd houScholdor'to mcct doSI"r-
ate burglar Mr.. Weeks lived at No lo7l DO
Kalh-iyc. and was awakened about midnight by
the noise made by man in handling his SILVER IN
the din:nsroom lie went down and was IN the
act Of striking the intruder with a chair when Tho
latter fred Il bullet through his heart lie fell
dead and the murderer escaped. Inspector byrncs
arrested krausc and oirccnwald IN conn''ti9h WIN
the robbery Of house IN JERSEY my l'!IHs.
hrai!-e confessed that GIccnwai had told n"t
ir was unwllir. 10 engage in trip To Bruoi>lNn
10 rob a house, because he had shot a man there 4
short time before. Other ciIcumSfantial evidence
va- produced against Greenvald and he WIS con
vict,d Crccrvald's ease i now before me 'onrt
d Appeals His counsel failed to appear in.9 I
vooS when the ease WAS called Tor argument dihi
+, roN irving to have anothcr hearing
roHNrR rSCAPrS FrOM Tur SAVE JAIL
Krau-o', escape WAS said by Warden Burroughs
Yesterday to have been the FIRST from the ciVil
prison part of Raymond Street Jail, but II - JOSS
than Il fortnight since prisoner escaped from the
main part of the Jail anl there have been ah'nt
half a dozen escapes since Sheriff Farley took
charge" three years ago. II will be giaa'iying
assurance Of vigilance in guarding tlc prisoners
when Sheriff elect IIhinehart assumes charge on
Monday next. The police werc warned yesterday
10 took out for krdu-c. bat at late hour u" taec
of him hal been found. disWt' h' announcing
the c-calc Of krauSc. sent To Inspector BNrn'S
bv the Brooklyn VClicc yesterday. with the Ntrih@,
rcouc,t Please send Us Il good description %
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